Chapter 17: Making Up for the Dead
When Dian Wei launched the charge, the distance between the Liaodong Army and the Yangle soldiers was less than 100 steps. The legendary archer Yang Xuanji can "wear Yang" at this distance, but if it is not the habitual exaggeration of ancient texts, it must be because Chu Bu is smaller than Han Bu. In this year, famous generals such as Huang Zhong and Tai Shici, who were good at archery, would be able to hit the enemy at this distance, but there was no guarantee that they would hit the vital point, let alone the pre-marked poplar leaves.
Thinking that Tai Shici shot through the encirclement in Duchang back then, he shot a double target of 70 or 80 steps on the first day, and nearly 100 steps on the second day, which was already shocking.
Ordinary figures, such as Xun, can "wear poplars" within thirty paces - the trunk of a poplar tree instead of a poplar leaf, of course. If it were a hundred steps, Nu might be able to shoot the arrow that far, but what it can hit, and whether it will be lethal if it hits, only God knows.
Theoretically, it was the arrow that landed flat, just grazing the pre-drawn distance line a hundred paces away.
Liu Xu's archers were indeed elite - in a small county like Pingguo, it was difficult to form a large-scale defensive force, and generally used the main financial resources to raise archers and defend the city - generally stronger than Shi Xun, about 40 steps can move the target, if the distance is 100 paces, although the accuracy is poor, ten arrows can occasionally hit a blind cat with a dead mouse. The problem is that these people have never practiced any rapid-fire method, and one arrow in two seconds is considered the limit, and they shoot in formation, and they must also listen to orders, so the rate of fire is even slower than double.
The hundred steps of these years and months will be placed in the future generations, and there will be about 100 meters to hang zero, just those strong men under the command of Dianwei. If you really want to run energetically. Most of them can run under 12 seconds. It's a pity that everyone is tired at this time. The waist and legs are sore, and he can run the whole distance in 15 seconds, even if the sky blesses him, the divine power is blessed.
In other words, the period of time when Dian Wei's troops rushed to the front of the Liaodong soldiers was enough for the Liaodong archers to shoot three rounds of arrows, and the first two rounds may not be accurate, and the third round has entered forty steps. If you aim at one by one, you can lay down nearly half of the enemy army.
Of course, this is in terms of theory, and the actual situation on the battlefield is much more complex than the theory. First of all, when the first two rounds of arrows arrived in Liaodong archers, Dian Wei's troops were bound to panic and were forced to slow down and raise their shields to block, and the speed of the charge was bound to decrease; Secondly, wait until they rush within forty paces. It stands to reason that the Liaodong archers can shoot without missing arrows, and the enemy's hideous face has been clearly seen at this time. The archers were not well trained in battle, and were all timid, except for more than one who could still shoot an arrow, the rest of them collected their bows and retreated, leaving the rest of the work to their spear-wielding and sword-wielding shields......
Therefore, when the two armies collided head-on, Dian Wei's headquarters still maintained the basic number, and only seven or eight people fell on the way to the charge, unable to fight.
The three phalanxes discharged by Liu Xu were relatively crowded because of the narrow roads, and the faces were narrow and deep, so the number of people fighting on the front line on both sides was basically equal. According to the art of war, it is to first resist the enemy with a spear, thwart its sharpness, and then the sword and shield soldiers in the gap of the spear penetrate through the gap to kill the enemy, but the spearmen are too densely arranged, which limits the flexibility, if they face the cavalry, they may still be able to exert enough power, but with the infantry directly, it is a different situation.
In later generations, there are clouds: "An inch is long, an inch is strong, an inch is short, and an inch is dangerous." "If the problem is that the long soldier lacks enough room to exert himself, then his strength will be greatly reduced. Whether it is a veteran or a temporary selection of brave soldiers, in terms of personal martial arts and fighting skills, they are more than twice as strong as the Liaodong soldiers, although they are tired, their strength is weak, and their movements are slow, but they are not afraid to deal with these spears that can only be stabbed in the chest. They either knocked the spear high from the bottom to the top with their shields, or let the spearhead go and cut off the shaft of the spear directly, and in an instant, they had already burst into the formation.
The spearmen missed the blow, and when they saw the enemy approaching with their long knives in the cold light, they all retreated in a hurry—and many of them simply threw their spears away. Liaodong's sword and shield men wanted to rush forward to meet the enemy, but first, the gap left for them was too narrow, and the guide was not flexible enough, and second, their movements were affected by the spearmen who fled in panic, so they were a beat or two slower - in the blood splash, more than a dozen spearmen were dead on the spot.
Seeing this scene, Liu Xu hurriedly ordered that the spearmen should not turn around, but only retreat in a straight line, and at the same time ordered the sword and shield men to cooperate with each other to block the enemy's momentum.
The use of tactics in the era of cold weapons is actually not complicated, as long as you are not too stupid, you can generally succeed in a few rounds on the battlefield - just like playing Go, the rules for winning and losing are quite simple, and there are a large number of formulas that can be memorized. It's just a real tactical master, who can anticipate the enemy's opportunities on the ever-changing battlefield, pre-deploy idle, and seal the enemy's position first, and if he is just familiar with the fixed formula, he will inevitably fall behind. In an instant, a crisis may come, the situation of the war may change, and there will be a temporary response, where is the time to respond?
Therefore, Liu Xu's response cannot be said to be incorrect, but it is a pity that he was a beat slower, and the two sides have already fallen into a state of melee in which they are only brave and fearful. When they meet on a narrow road, they mainly rely on blood bravery, and the array is chaotic, and it is difficult to talk about any cooperation between companions. Although all the troops of Dian Wei are tired, they know that they will attack the strong with the weak, and they will be outnumbered, and if they do not fight for their lives, they will only die-the question, how many of those veterans and strong men are afraid of death? Everyone is thinking in their hearts: Anyway, if you die, Lao Tzu will have to work hard to get enough money and make one! The Liaodong soldiers, who were not elite in the first place, were successful in this sneak attack, and the exhausted enemy in front of them generally had the heart of underestimating the enemy -- the result of underestimating the enemy was, first, that they felt that they did not have to die, so they were afraid of death, and second, their morale was high to the peak, and once they were frustrated, they fell faster than usual.
In particular, the veterans of Dian Wei's tribes, each of whom perfectly controlled three or five companions who did not have enough battlefield experience, formed a small battle group, and when the Liaodong army array was chaotic and forced to fight separately, they were still able to achieve a certain amount of small-scale cooperation. In this case, the potential of the human being was completely squeezed out after exhaustion reached the peak, and the Dian Wei department looked like crazy, fighting bloody battles to the death, and in the blink of an eye, they cut twice as many Liaodong soldiers as their own.
Where did Liu Xu go through such a vicious battle. Immediately frightened. Turn the horse's head. He wanted to retreat behind the fence, in the fort, and then regroup his troops and horses for a defensive battle.
It's just that Dian Wei can't let him get his wish! The Dianguo clan was impulsive, and under the support and drag of the two tribes, one left and one right, they followed behind the brigade almost in three steps. From a distance, he saw the enemy general standing on top of the war horse, and then saw the enemy general turn the horse away, so he carried the dantian qi. He shouted: "If the enemy enters the trench, we will also die!" And chase, don't let anyone escape! ”
His subordinates are already crazy at this time, no need to shout, as long as they see that there are still enemy soldiers in front of them, whether they are facing themselves or facing away from themselves, they continue to rush forward with a knife. In an instant, the battlefield moved from outside the fence to inside the fence. Liu Xu originally wanted to kill this enemy army from afar with the force of thunder. Therefore, all the main forces were taken out of the fort, and there were not many men left in the fort. Therefore, there was no way to close the fence and redistribute the antlers, and it was rushed in by the Dian Wei department.
At this time, Dian Wei had already stepped on the corpses all over the ground and stepped on the initial battlefield. He squinted his eyes and saw that the infantry shields abandoned by the Liaodong soldiers were generally larger than their own, about three feet wide and more than five feet long, enough to cover a strong man who was squatting down. Dian Wei immediately ordered to protect his subordinates and picked up a shield, and sat on it cross-legged by himself, one left and one right, and carried the shield on his shoulders. In this way, the vision of the Dianguo Domain was broader, and the speed of movement was much faster, so he pointed the branch in his hand towards the front—that was the direction in which Liu Xu fled—"Those who have won the head of the enemy generals will be rewarded by the imperial court!" ”
The Liaodong soldiers have completely collapsed, and many people can't think of escaping into the fort and still relying on it, just thinking that they came from the sea, and now there are their own ships docked on the coast, so let's quickly flee to the sea, then those demons covered in blood and murderous will not be able to catch up, and they will really run to the shore diagonally at the moment. Liu Xu arrived at the gate of the fort, and when he looked back, there were less than fifty people following him, and he was almost so angry that he vomited blood. He knew that even if he entered the trench, he might not be able to hold it, so he couldn't help but sigh - That's it, I'll go to the sea quickly!
But at this moment, suddenly a red light flashed, and in the distance, I saw that several of my ships suddenly burst into flames!
Of course, this is not a fire that was accidentally ignited, but the "fleet" of Youzhou has already been slaughtered.
Let's say that Wei Xun led seven large ships to the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula to trade without saying goodbye. At first, the transaction was quite smooth, and sure enough, as long as the banner of Youzhou was not played, the people of Liaodong still regarded it as a past business trip, and there was no difficult move. However, just half of the transaction, the shipments had been unloaded from the ship, and the purchase had not yet been fully loaded on the evening of one day, suddenly a shipowner came to report with a pale face, saying that he had just talked with several Liaodong officials, according to the other party, the day before yesterday, he had dutifully dispatched the county conscripts, took a big ship, and had gone to Liaoxi.
Wei Xun was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly convened all the shipowners to discuss, saying that if the back road was cut off, it would be just a matter of making the king die in Liaodong, if he returned with his whole body, would he still be able to spare us? Besides, half of our net worth is funded by the king, and in the past two years, because of the support of the king, the trade profit is more than three times that of previous years.
Before it was too late, Wei Xun immediately left one boat to continue to carry goods, and then personally commanded the remaining six ships to return to the Bohai Sea in a hurry and follow the trail to Liaoxi.
They spread their sails high and ordered the sailors to paddle with large oars, and they hurried back to the shore of Liaoxi almost as desperately as Dian Wei. As soon as I found a fort and inquired, I learned that the enemy had landed near Chrysanthemum Island in the later generations, cutting off the grain route of the Youzhou army. Wei Xun's surprise was not trivial, and he was about to jump into the sea immediately: "I was greedy for a while, and I harmed all the kings, but now I am just dead, and my crime deserves to be done!" "Several shipowners held him firmly and said that we will advance and retreat together, how can we bear to see you die alone?
In fact, what they think in their hearts is: Even if you die, the king may not be willing to spare us, it is better to keep you, if things do not agree, and then tie you up to ask for sin, or you can get the first benefit. If you see our army coming up from the land, you can help each other, make up for the dead, and redeem a little sins.
So six sea boats came to the vicinity of Chrysanthemum Island, and sure enough, they saw nearly twenty large boats moored on the shore. They had not yet noticed the battle on land, but when they saw that the enemy was outnumbered, they wanted to retreat. Wei Xun almost died once, and he was not afraid of anything for a while, and he rushed straight to the enemy formation with a boat in the lead. Seeing that it was approaching, I turned around and looked, and I couldn't help but look dark in front of my eyes - Damn, what are you talking about advancing and retreating together, and you haven't even followed any of you...... (To be continued......)
PS: I took the cub to the suburbs of Beijing to play for a few days, and I was so tired that I was stinking to death...... I came back, hurried up for a chapter, and then there was another party tomorrow...... Strive for the eighth or ninth day of the first day to be updated daily.